Hanada: US master who won the US Open in 1948.
Weaver W. Adams was rated 2383 according to the first chess ratings list.
In 1939 Weaver Adams wrote a book entitled, "White to play and Win". At his next tournament he lost all of his games as White and won all his games as Black.
His thesis, as expounded in this and other books by Adams, was that White has a winning position on the very first move. He intended to prove this absolutely. Adams would often publish collections of his games, all wins by Adams, and of them he would say: "There are no annotations, because every move is crystal clear."
Adams won 49th US Open, in Baltimore.
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